Water Pollution
A Water Pollution is a Pollution of a Shared Water Body.
- Context:
- It can (often) be a Negative Externality.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Air Pollution.
- See: Lake, River, Marine Pollution, Aquifer, Groundwater, Pollutant, Water Treatment, Bodies of Water, Species, Biocoenosis.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/water_pollution Retrieved:2014-8-3.
- Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater). Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds.
Water pollution affects plants and organisms living in these bodies of water. In almost all cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but also to the natural biological communities.
- Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g. lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater). Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds.
1962
- (Carson, 1962) ⇒ Rachel Carson. (1962). “Silent Spring." Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN:B004A1FPZU